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Whittlesea is 30km south of Queenstown.
The Hewu region
includes Whittlesea, SADA and surrounds. The population of Whittlesea alone is
80,000. In all the low-income
communities there are
no tarred roads, piped water to dwellings, nor flush toilets.
Where did it all
start?
Roseline
Tole, one of the first graduates of PASCaP's After School Development
Practitioner Learning programme, was born in SADA and motivated for a
similar programme for the region based on the critical lack of resources for
children and youth. The first after school development learning programmes was
launched in August 2001.
Development milestones of the 1st
programme:
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90
unemployed women and youth were enrolled on the first programme, Introduction
to After School Child Development - a 95% pass rate was achieved |
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120
persons were enrolled on the 2nd programme, Foundation Course
in Community Project Management - also with a 95% pass rate |
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63
persons enrolled for the 3rd programme, After School
Development Practitioner Learning Programme where a 98% pass rate was
achieved. |
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19 after school
projects were initiated following the completion of the learning programmes.
These projects united under the Hewu After School Care Organisation (HASCO). |
Current work
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Qhayisa
Active Learning Library was launched in March 2002 at
the Masibulele College, now the district office of the Department of
Education, in Whittlesea. The library houses a range of
educational equipment and development materials for children and youth, and
offers regular short training programmes for after school project
workers. Examples of the training programmes that are offered are: computer
training, sewing, fabric and glass painting, materials development, drama,
craft work and environmental art. |
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After School Care Organisation (HASCO) unites the 5 after school
projects in this region and manages the Qhayisa Library. |
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the Hewu region participated in a number of projects:
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Masikhule
Sikhuselane - a human rights project for children and youth |
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Neighbourhood
Safety Centre Development Project |
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Women
and Youth Entrepreneurship. |
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Projects for
2006 include:
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HIV/AIDS
community education |
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Child
and youth support (to counter substance abuse) |
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Women
and Youth Entrepreneurship. |
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SADA region
(below)
The community has no
proper sanitation and other basic infrastructure
One of the main roads in SADA
SADA has no play parks or
other recreation facilities
Bathini in the Qhayisa
Active Learning Library
The Qhayisa ("Pride" in
Xhosa) Active Learning Library is the first resource of its kind in SADA
and Whittlesea. There is no municipal library, other than in
Queenstown 30km away.
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